Literature

            I would not really consider myself a reader. In fact I do not read much of anything unless I have to for a class. Majority of the time it is hard for me to just stay focused in reading just because it is not interesting. I would not consider myself as a strong reader. As for classes I remember reading “The Odyssey” which I thought was the most significant text that I have ever read, but I took certain ways to understand the text. As a class we read most of the texts and broke them down so we could understand what exactly was going on. This was easier for me to understand. One book I read that I enjoyed was “The Outsiders”. We read this book as a class. I was interested in it because it really related to everyday situations. Another book that stood out to me was “Torch Red”. This book I was forced to read when picking any book that I wanted and then was assigned a paper to write about it for one of my classes. This book really stood out to me the most because it related to situations that every girl would end up going through. It taught me a lot while reading this just about every day things. Out of all the literature that I read I must say each text really taught me something new and brought me through a learning experience. As for growing the only thing I can really remember as for nursery rhymes is “Twinkle Twinking Little Star”. This one was my favorite growing up! One thing about the essay that really stood out to me was when Professor Corrigan wrote “literature is a thing you do as part of your life”. This stood out to me because I normally would just look at is as something I would have to read and I am going to learn something. Literature is actually something that I do every day which is hard for me to realize. With reading this essay I feel like have a better understanding for literature.